Big Girl by Steel, Danielle - 2011

US: Corgi Books, 2011. Good. 'Watch out, world. Here I come!' For Victoria Dawson, growing up isn't a ha ppy experience. Born to picture-perfect parents, she never feels pretty eno ugh. But when her parents have a second child, Victoria is thrilled - she c an't help but adore her new baby sister Gracie. And her parents finally hav e the perfect daughter they always wanted. Meanwhile Victoria still never s eems to get it quite right - she battles with her weight, she's told she'll never find a man if she's too clever, and the one career she feels passion ate about her parents don't approve of. And so Victoria decides to move to New York to fulfil her dreams and escape her family. Though her new life is exciting, the old temptations remain, and she continues to wage war with t he scales. Can Victoria find a life far from the hurt and neglect of her ch ildhood, embrace the courage to find freedom, and become who she really is at last? An inspiring and uplifting novel from the incomparable storyteller Danielle Steel.